Nasal spray helps stop diabetes
June 15th, 2011 - 9:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 15 (IANS) In a significant breakthrough, scientists have developed a nasal spray vaccine that could stop children from developing diabetes, a media report said Wednesday.The spray can stop ... Read more...
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Decrease in protein levels could be sign child will develop diabetes
April 26th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 26 (ANI): A study has found that the decreasing blood levels of a protein that helps control inflammation could be a sign that a child will develop diabetes.Georgia Health Sciences ... Read more...
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Short DNA ‘end-caps’ linked to diabetes risk
March 25th, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Johns Hopkins scientists have found new evidence from studies in mice that short telomeres or 'caps' at the ends of chromosomes may predispose people to age-related diabetes.Telomeres are ... Read more...
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Scientists discover a new way insulin-producing cells die
February 27th, 2011 - 11:18 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 27 (ANI): Scientists in Italy and Texas have discovered a previously unknown cause of the death of insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, a core defect in diabetes.They discovered that ... Read more...
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Understanding causes of insulin resistance (Part-I)
December 28th, 2010 - 12:37 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec. 28 (ANI): Insulin is a hormone that is produced by the beta cells, which are cells that are scattered throughout the pancreas. The insulin produced is released into the ... Read more...
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Gene-silencing that could prevent diabetes-related heart failure
December 10th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 10 (ANI): A series of in vitro tests has helped scientists to discover that silencing the TLR4 gene can stop the process which may lead to cardiovascular disease in diabetic ... Read more...
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Study on insulin-creating cell may lead to better diabetes treatment
October 29th, 2010 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 29 (ANI): A new study has revealed that beta cells-responsible for making insulin in the human body-do not replicate after the age of 30, indicating that scientists are closer to ... Read more...
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Novel approach to treat diabetes
July 29th, 2010 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 29 (ANI): A single stimulatory molecule, along with other regulatory proteins, could play a role in encouraging or thwarting insulin-producing beta cell replication, which in turn could treat diabetes, according ... Read more...
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Disruption in body clock genes could lead to diabetes
July 14th, 2010 - 1:55 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 14 (ANI): A new animal study has shown that disruption of two genes that control circadian rhythms can lead to diabetes.Circadian rhythms are cyclical patterns in biological activities, such as ... Read more...
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Pregnant mother’s dietary protein and serotonin linked to gestational diabetes
June 28th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 28 (ANI): Scientists claim that gestational diabetes is linked to serotonin, a chemical produced by the body, and is influenced by the amount of protein in the mother's diet early ... Read more...
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Gene therapy may help cure diabetes
June 22nd, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 22 (ANI): Scientists from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have developed an experimental cure for Type 1 diabetes.Using gene therapy, the team tried to counter the two defects that ... Read more...
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Circadian clock found in pancreas linked to diabetes
June 19th, 2010 - 2:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 19 (ANI): For the first time, researchers at Northwestern University have found that there also exists a circadian clock in the pancreas, which regulates the production of insulin, and that ... Read more...
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Researchers cure type 1 diabetes in mice
April 9th, 2010 - 12:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 9 (ANI): Scientists at University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada, have successfully cured mice with type 1 diabetes using a sophisticated nanotechnology-based "vaccine".They have also slowed the onset of the ... Read more...
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Potential therapeutic target for diabetes identified
February 5th, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 5 (ANI): Scientists have identified a potential target for the treatment of Type 1 diabetes.The research team at Eastern Virginia Medical School, led by Jerry Nadler, has been studying the ... Read more...
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Stress hormone may be key to new diabetes treatment
February 4th, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 4 (ANI): Researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in California have found that a hormone responsible for the body's stress response is also linked to the growth of ... Read more...
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Genetic discovery offers hope for diabetics
January 18th, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 18 (ANI): An international team of researchers have identified 13 new genetic variants that appear to play a vital role in insulin and glucose regulation.Five of these genes have also ... Read more...
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Gene that regulates obesity and diabetes identified
December 15th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 15 (ANI): The discovery of a genetic mutation has given researchers at Boston University School of Medicine, USA, new insights into the cellular mechanisms that link obesity to Type 2 ... Read more...
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Exenatide - a physiological option for a pathological disease.
September 17th, 2009 - 3:55 pm ICT by ANI
By Dr. Vikas AhluwaliaNew Delhi, Sep.17 (ANI): The treatment of Type 2 diabetic patients, especially those who are obese, is full of challenges.According to Dr. Vikas Ahluwalia, President of the Diabetes ... Read more...
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New gene that causes insulin resistance in diabetics identified
September 7th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 7 (ANI): An international team of researchers have discovered a new gene that appears to affect how insulin works.The new discovery could lead to better treatment of type 2 diabetes, ... Read more...
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Genetic ’switch’ to get more insulin-producing cells identified
August 7th, 2009 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 7 (ANI): Experimenting on mice, a research team has found a way to convert another type of pancreas cell into the critical insulin-producing beta cells, which are lost in type ... Read more...
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MRI may aid in diagnosis, staging and treatment of diabetes
August 6th, 2009 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 6 (ANI): Scientists have found that non-invasive imaging (MRI) may aid physicians in the early diagnosis, staging and treatment of diabetes.The study by researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard ... Read more...
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Liver cells may be reprogrammed as insulin-producing beta cells
July 11th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 11 (ANI): Scientists may have moved a step closer to developing a potential new treatment for diabetes, by finding that human liver cells can be transformed into something like the ... Read more...
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Scientists detect body chemistry changes that occur years before type 2 diabetes develops
June 9th, 2009 - 11:37 am ICT by ANI
London, June 9 (ANI): A new study suggests that chemistry changes inside the body start occurring several years before a person begins to show the symptoms of type 2 diabetes.University College London ... Read more...
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Gene therapy ‘helps minimize risk linked to stem cell transplantation’
May 22nd, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 22 (ANI): Researchers from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Centre suggest that genetically modifying stem cells prior to transplantation can help minimize the risk associated with the therapy.Stem cells intended to ... Read more...
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Popular diabetes drug can trigger pancreatitis, pancreatic cancer
May 1st, 2009 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 1 (ANI): A drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes has been found to increase the risk of pancreatitis in some patients and pancreatic cancer in long-term users, say ... Read more...
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New approach to prevent transplanted pancreatic cells from immune system
April 10th, 2009 - 4:42 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 10 (ANI): Experiments on mice conducted by American scientists have shown that transplanted pancreatic precursor cells are protected from the immune system when encapsulated in polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE).The finding, made by ... Read more...
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Now, Free Insulin for Diabetic Children
March 17th, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
By Dr. Vikas Ahluwalia
New Delhi, Mar.10 (ANI): Diabetes mellitus Type 1 (also known as Type I diabetes, T1D, T1DM, IDDM, juvenile diabetes) is an auto-immune disease that results in the destruction ... Read more...
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Gastric virus triggers diabetes in kids
March 6th, 2009 - 1:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 6 (ANI): A new study has revealed that a common family of viruses (enteroviruses) in the pancreas may play an important role in triggering the development of diabetes, particularly ... Read more...
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Type 2 diabetes linked to signalling pathway behind pancreatic development
February 13th, 2009 - 11:52 am ICT by ANI
Washington, February 13 (ANI): A group of stem cell researchers from the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego) and Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have found that type ... Read more...
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New research opens up novel possibilities to treat diabetes
January 14th, 2009 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 14 (ANI): A new research by University of Pittsburgh scientists is opening up new possibilities for treating diabetes.
They have successfully induced human insulin-producing cells, known as beta cells, to ... Read more...
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Scientists move a step closer to finding type 1 diabetes cure
January 1st, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, January 1 (ANI): Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have devised a way to transplant insulin-producing pancreatic cells, which causes only a minimal immune response in ... Read more...
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Study sheds light on cause of juvenile diabetes
December 18th, 2008 - 5:38 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 18 (ANI): Finnish scientists have found some vital clues that may prompt new approaches for prediction and prevention of type 1 diabetes, also known as juvenile diabetes, in children.They ... Read more...
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Type 1 diabetes may be linked to digestive disorder
December 11th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 11 (ANI): Scientists have identified seven genetic markers shared between Type 1 (juvenile) diabetes and celiac disease, also known as gluten intolerance.The research team from the University of Cambridge ... Read more...
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Moderate use of type 2 diabetes drugs prevents treatment failure
October 28th, 2008 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 28 (ANI): A new study has found that drugs widely used to treat type 2 diabetes can have long-term effects if they are used in moderation.
The research team from ... Read more...
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Common intestinal bacteria may protect against diabetes
October 7th, 2008 - 1:33 pm ICT by ANI
London, October 7 (ANI): A common intestinal bacteria can provide some protection against type 1 diabetes, according to a new study.
Research collaborators from Yale University and the University of Chicago ... Read more...
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